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    CVE-2008-4725

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera.dll in Opera 9.52 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, which is not properly escaped before storage in the History Search database (aka md.dat), a different vector than CVE-2008-4696. NOTE: some of these issues were addressed before 9.60.

    Published:Oct 23, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Oct 23, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.13824
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Opera
    Product
    Opera Browser

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2016-4075 (CVSS 6.1) — Opera Mini 13 and Opera Stable 36 allow remote attackers to spoof the displayed URL via a crafted HTML documen…
    CVE-2016-6908 (CVSS 6.1) — Characters from languages are such as Arabic, Hebrew are displayed from RTL (Right To Left) order in Opera 37.…
    CVE-2015-8960 (CVSS 8.1) — The TLS protocol 1.2 and earlier supports the rsa_fixed_dh, dss_fixed_dh, rsa_fixed_ecdh, and ecdsa_fixed_ecdh…
    CVE-2016-7153 (CVSS 5.3) — The HTTP/2 protocol does not consider the role of the TCP congestion window in providing information about con…
    CVE-2015-4000 (CVSS 3.7) — The TLS protocol 1.2 and earlier, when a DHE_EXPORT ciphersuite is enabled on a server but not on a client, do…
    CVE-2014-1870 (CVSS 4.3) — Opera before 19 on Mac OS X allows user-assisted remote attackers to spoof the address bar via vectors involvi…
    CVE-2014-0815 (CVSS 4.3) — The intent: URL implementation in Opera before 18 on Android allows attackers to read local files by leveragin…
    CVE-2013-4705 (CVSS 4.3) — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opera before 15.00 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web…

    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/32299
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4504
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5
    http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/
    http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/
    http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/
    http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/
    http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/
    http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/
    http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497646/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46003
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46231
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32299
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4504
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/6
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/5
    http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/961/
    http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/961/
    http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/961/
    http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/961/
    http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/961/
    http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/903/
    http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-22_Opera_Stored_Cross_Site_Scripting.pdf
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497646/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31869
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2873
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46003
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46231
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6801

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High